brm_265447 - GALERIUS Pseudo ou néo-aurelianus
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Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 55.00 €
Item sold on our e-shop (2014)
Price : 55.00 €
Type : Pseudo ou néo-aurelianus
Date: 295-299
Mint name / Town : Alexandria
Metal : billon
Millesimal fineness : 50 ‰
Diameter : 20,5 mm
Orientation dies : 12 h.
Weight : 3,44 g.
Rarity : R1
Officine: 4e
Coments on the condition:
Exemplaire bien centré sur un flan ovale. Joli revers. Patine verte et sable
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Obverse
Obverse legend : GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES.
Obverse description : Buste radié, drapé et cuirassé de Maximin II César à droite, vu de trois quarts en avant (A).
Obverse translation : “Galerius Valerius Maximinus Nobilissimus Cæsar”, (Galère Valère Maximin très noble césar).
Reverse
Reverse legend : CONCORDIA MI-LITVM/ (DELTA)// ALE.
Reverse description : Maximin II et Jupiter debout face à face ; Maximin est debout à gauche, vêtu militairement et tenant un scipio de la main gauche ; Jupiter est à droite, nu, tenant un long sceptre de la main gauche et tendant un globe nicéphore à Maximin II.
Reverse translation : “Concordia Militum”, (La Concorde des soldats).
Historical background
GALERIUS
(1/03/293-5/05/311)
Caesar
Galère is of humble origin. Chosen as Caesar on March 1 or May 1, 293, he was subordinate to Diocletian to help him govern the East. Galerius suffered a crushing defeat in 296 against the Sassanids but the following year he defeated Narses. According to Lactantius, he was at the origin of the persecution of Christians in 302-303. During Diocletian's illness, he pushes the latter to abdicate. Diocletian and Maximian leave power on May 1, 305 to Galerius and Constance, who become augusts. The last six years of his life, he watched helplessly as the political regime created by Diocletian: the Tetrarchy crumbled. He died on May 5, 311 after having interrupted the persecution against Christians five days earlier..
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